Reviews

Run Gently Out There: Trials, Trails, and Tribulations of Running Ultramarathons by John Morelock

mattstebbins's review against another edition

3.0

I've never met John Morelock, but these circles of trail-loving fools are only so large. I know many of the trails of which we writes, or if not those trails exactly, then their cousins.

The trails themselves are immaterial outside of the experience on them, beside them, getting to know them. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, indeed.

meghan_is_reading's review against another edition

Gentle, lightly humourous, short essays about running and nature and community.

runningreader's review against another edition

4.0

A little repetitive, but a nice collection of essays and reflections on running.

julis's review

emotional inspiring relaxing slow-paced

5.0

Okay I…loved? This book??? Morelock was an ultramarathon runner, someone who (voluntarily) ran more than 26.2 miles at a time–usually several times, for fun, in races, across the US. He was also a caring and eloquent writer, covering topics from the beauty of mountain meadows to race nutrition planning to how to pace someone.The style isn’t exceptional, but it is earnest, and if I hadn’t already fallen in love with ultras, this book would have done the trick.